The Colombian government will hold exploratory talks with the National Liberation Army in the first week of May, according to Colombian radio station La FM. The government is also expected to reveal details about the location and start date of the negotiations. Bogota last engaged in negotiations with the group from 2005 to 2007. Those talks went on for eight rounds and generated several notable agreements. The rebels agreed to suspend military action, kidnappings and attacks on infrastructure. But the talks disintegrated when the government insisted on a complete demobilization and disarmament akin to the demobilization of the country's right-wing paramilitary forces, rather than a mere cease-fire. When negotiations started to stall in 2007, former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez became involved, briefly serving as a mediator.